antiepic

Etymology

From anti- + epic.

antiepic means Challenging the conventions of the epic. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 74 out of 100.

adj

Challenging the conventions of the epic.

noun

A literary work challenging the conventions of the epic.“John Lewkenor, for example, challenges Virgil and the hierarchies of epic in a Petronius-style antiepic.”